{"id":195944,"date":"2021-05-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=195944"},"modified":"2021-05-08T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T16:05:54","slug":"multicultural-graduation-celebration-honors-graduates-leadership","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2021\/multicultural-graduation-celebration-honors-graduates-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Multicultural Graduation Celebration Honors Graduates&#8217; Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">commencement<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Multicultural Graduation Celebration Honors Graduates&#8217; Leadership<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 8, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>On Friday, May 7, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/students\/student-services\/student-organizations\/students-of-color-for-public-health\/\">Students of Color for Public Health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/students\/student-services\/student-organizations\/queer-alliance\/\">Queer Alliance<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/students\/student-services\/student-organizations\/international-students-organization\/\">International Students Organization<\/a> hosted the 4<sup>th<\/sup> annual Multicultural Graduation Celebration. The event, held virtually this year, honors the academic and leadership accomplishments of graduating students in underrepresented groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony opened with remarks from Dean Sandro Galea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/craig-andrade\/\">Craig Andrade<\/a>, associate dean of practice, and included a keynote address from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/monica-onyango\/\">Monica Onyango<\/a>, clinical associate professor of global health. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The uniqueness of each one of us is what brings beauty into the world,&#8221; said Onyango in her keynote. &#8220;Your identity is your pride. 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